On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> wrote: > I was responding to the thread of reasoning I thought I heard you making > that said "EME would make the playing field less level than it already can > be (and is) with Flash/SL." I don't believe that to be true, other than > browsers that don't support EME. > Apart from licensing, there is the technical issue that Henri raised which has been ignored so far in this thread: there is a publicly defined API, NPAPI, through which any browser can integrate Flash and Silverlight. There is no such thing currently proposed for EME CDMs, so for that reason alone, NPAPI plugins provide a more level playing field across browsers than EME proposes to. Rob -- Wrfhf pnyyrq gurz gbtrgure naq fnvq, “Lbh xabj gung gur ehyref bs gur Tragvyrf ybeq vg bire gurz, naq gurve uvtu bssvpvnyf rkrepvfr nhgubevgl bire gurz. Abg fb jvgu lbh. Vafgrnq, jubrire jnagf gb orpbzr terng nzbat lbh zhfg or lbhe freinag, naq jubrire jnagf gb or svefg zhfg or lbhe fynir — whfg nf gur Fba bs Zna qvq abg pbzr gb or freirq, ohg gb freir, naq gb tvir uvf yvsr nf n enafbz sbe znal.” [Znggurj 20:25-28]
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